A Dillsburg-area woman is seeking to the Republican nomination for the 92nd House District seat in northern York County.

Dawn Keefer, who owns a consulting firm and previously worked for a representative to the House, will likely face two opponents in the GOP primary on April 26.

"That gave me a lot of exposure" to issues residents and businesses are facing," she said of working as district director for former Rep. Will Gabig, R-Cumberland.

Keefer, 43, lives in Franklin Township with her husband, Tom, and their three children. She holds a degree in government and politics from George Mason University.

Issues: If elected, Keefer said she'd like to tackle bureaucracy in state government.

One approach she'd take would be to institute zero-based budgeting, when every line item starts at a zero balance and each request for funding is thoroughly vetted. That's opposed to using the previous year's allocation as a baseline.

Keefer said she's seen first-hand government bureaucracy at work.

A friend of her's owned a frozen yogurt business in Cumberland County and had to have his product undergo a monthly inspection for bacteria. The testing cost $250, which the owner had to cover, and inspectors took about $300 worth of yogurt for each test, she said.

"If you have a small business, you can't make a living," she said, adding the frozen yogurt business has since shuttered.

Keefer noted that is just one example from across the state's many departments.

"Take that and multiply by a thousand. It's all these different agencies," she said. "It's insane."